LA Times, August 16, 2008: President Bush delivered yet one more tough warning to Russia today over the crisis in Georgia: “Bullying and intimidation are not acceptable ways to conduct foreign policy in the 21st century.” “The United States has long maintained the option of preemptive actions to counter a sufficient threat to our national…
Go look for the lyrics to the Wu-Tang Clan’s “Life Changes” song, their tribute to ODB. Most of the sites on the Internet have “Asian language”, “Man speaks Mandarin” or something equivalent at the end of the song in lyrics transcription. It’s actually Sifu Shi Yan Ming, a refugee from China who escaped and sought…
“In the 21st century, nations don’t invade other nations.” – John McCain on Russia’s invasion of Georgia Two minor pieces of trivia… 1. You voted to invade Iraq and Afghanistan in 2003. 2. 2003 is a year in the 21st century. Just sayin’. Did you enjoy this blog post? If so, please subscribe right now!…
The Death of Brands Something is killing off brands in America. Perkins. Uno’s. Marie Calendar’s. Fresh Mex. Bennigan’s. Steak and Ale. Who killed these brands? Private equity. Over the past decade, private equity funds have bought up popular brands and essentially stripped them of assets by issuing debt, borrowing heavily against them, then keeping the…
Here’s a thought. What is the killer app online? How would you measure such a thing? I’ll throw this out there: follow the spam. Spam = unsolicited commercial bulk messaging. Spam is a mass market play. Paraphrasing the words of Matt Mason (of the Pirate’s Dilemma), spam is a market signal. Why? Spam follows the…
Image via Wikipedia Why pro conferences are different than PodCamps and why neither is better Some interesting discussion this morning on the differences between PodCamps and pro conferences like the Affiliate Summit, which I’m speaking at on a panel on Tuesday, August 12. A difference to highlight, from the registration page of the Affiliate Summit:…
Hat tip to Stephen K. Hayes for this gem from Japan. Who knew? Did you enjoy this blog post? If so, please subscribe right now! Get this and other great articles from the source at www.ChristopherSPenn.com
It’s not like there’s too many walls. It’s not like I don’t have the balls. It’s just that I, well, I don’t know how to live my life in the here and now. – Matthew Ebel, This Too Shall Pass A few folks have lamented that whenever I blog about economic issues, it’s never positive.…
I’m exceptionally proud of the PodCamp Boston 3 community. $1,000 raised and donated to feed hungry kids in the greater Boston area. According to the Greater Boston Food Bank, the agency we donated to, they can take that and provide more than two meals per dollar donated. That means the PodCamp Boston 3 community, which…
